Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-47-26

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Creative Energy Sen̓áḵw Limited Partnership

Creative Energy Sen̓áḵw 2026-2027 Rates and Rate Design

BEFORE:

T. A. Loski, Panel Chair

E. A. Brown, Commissioner

on March 12, 2026

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On December 2, 2025, Creative Energy Sen̓áḵw Limited Partnership (CESLP) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act for approval of, among other things, the proposed rates and rate design to provide thermal energy services from the Sen̓áḵw Thermal Energy System from March 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 (Original Application);

B.      By Order G-301-25 dated December 15, 2025, the BCUC established the regulatory timetable for the review of the Original Application which included, among other things, CESLP supplemental information, intervener registration, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs), and final and reply arguments;

C.      On December 15, 2025, CESLP filed an errata to the Original Application with revised heating and cooling capacity charges reflecting the correction of three modelling errors and filed a corrected version of the application (Application);

D.      By Order G-7-26 dated January 19, 2026, the BCUC accepted parties as interveners in this proceeding, grouped interveners and set a question limit for Intervener IR No. 1 to CESLP;

E.       By March 4, 2026, CESLP filed responses to BCUC and Intervener IR No. 1; and

F.       The BCUC has reviewed the evidentiary record and determines that amending the regulatory timetable to allow for a second round of IRs is warranted. 

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders as follows:

1.       The regulatory timetable for the review of the Application is amended as set out in Appendix A to this order.

2.       Interveners are limited to a maximum of 10 questions each, inclusive of sub-questions, for Intervener IR
No. 2 to CESLP. Interveners grouped together as one intervener group for this proceeding are limited to a maximum of 10 questions, collectively amongst the group, inclusive of sub-questions, for Intervener IR No. 2 to CESLP.  

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      12th      day of March 2026.

BY ORDER

Electronically signed by Tom Loski

T. A. Loski

Commissioner

Attachment

Creative Energy Sen̓áḵw Limited Partnership

Creative Energy Sen̓áḵw 2026-2027 Rates and Rate Design